Abstract
The analysis and visualization of flows is a central problem in visualization. Topology based methods have gained increasing interest in recent years. This article describes a method for the detection of closed streamlines in 3D flows. It is based on a special treatment of cases where a streamline reenters a cell to prevent infinite cycling during streamline calculation. The algorithm checks for possible exits of a loop of crossed faces and detects structurally stable closed streamlines. These global features are not detected by conventional topology and feature detection algorithms.
| Original language | American English |
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| Journal | Proceedings of the Symposium on Data Visualisation |
| State | Published - May 1 2002 |
Disciplines
- Computer Sciences
- Engineering